COACH OR ARCHITECT?

Building a winning team not entirely unlike building… well, a building.

Ah, it’s that time of year. The kids have gone back to school, the northern states have a crisp evening chill in the air, and the pigskin has begun to fly. Millions of people across the United States can once again cheer on their favorite teams as they compete in high school, college and pro football contests throughout the fall.

This is not an article for the bars and restaurants that should consider professional displays rated for high-brightness in outdoor applications or 24/7 usage. This is an article to connect the technology behind the scenes to the magic that unfolds on the field every weekend and in those all-important primetime games.

In college and pro especially, winning teams are money makers, generating tons of ticket sales at the stadiums, apparel and advertising revenue. And while talent and athleticism are huge factors in whether any given team on any given Sunday can prevail, there is an incredible amount of planning and even architecture that goes into the ultimate victory celebration or dejection and defeat.

With vastly different backgrounds, the coach of a team and a highly educated architect have very similar job descriptions, and similarly can find identical technologies extremely effective in accomplishing their goals. Consider the parallels of building a winning team vs. building a dwelling or office complex:

COACH

Must understand strength of players and competition

Must understand rules of the game and penalties for violations

Communicate plays and game plan to players and other coaches

Oversee overall game play

Problem solve when injuries occur and adjust when original game plan fails to work

Win the game within regulation time and with current players

Imagine this on an interactive display!

ARCHITECT

Must understand strength of materials used for structures and buildings

Understand and adhere to building codes and zoning requirements

Communicate plans to clients, contractors and other architects

Oversee overall project and construction

Problem solve when mistakes are made or delays are encountered

Ensure completion of projects on time and on budget

The play-calling and planning, and communication to teams of players or departments can be easily communicated with a dynamic and interactive touch screen. One such screen highly effective for both very different but very much alike fields is Sharp’s PN-L401C AQUOS BOARD® Interactive Display. This board can work as a sophisticated bulletin board or flip chart. Data can be imported for display or written freely by hand, and the 2mm-tip touch pen has a pen-on-paper feel to it which allows smooth and accurate onscreen writing of fine text and lines – critical for game play, precise planning and many other applications.

Through September, this and other Sharp models qualify for a special rebate when you complete a simple online form. See more details and qualifying models here.

PN-L401C

How could something much smaller have even greater impact? The latest addition to the AQUOS BOARD family answers that question for virtually any environment, in either landscape, portrait or face-up orientation.

Main Features:

Includes the Sharp Pen-on-Paper user experience, which resists fingerprints & scratches, as well as providing an anti-glare surface.

Digital Signage Information

The Digital Signage Federation defines Digital Signage as a network of digital displays that is centrally managed and addressable for targeted information, entertainment, merchandising and advertising. Now Digital Signage means different things to different people. It could be a digital display at a supermarket checkout line showing information about products and promotions; it could be a television in your local deli or pizzeria showing live programming and advertising for businesses in the area; it could be a welcome sign with the day’s events in a hotel lobby; along with a nearly unlimited number of other purposes. Here at Almo Pro A/V we are experts in all areas of Digital Signage. We would be happy to help you with any of your Digital Signage needs. Want to know more about Digital Signage? On this page we have a collection of our blogs all around the topic of digital signage.